Sanders Praises Senate Action to Modernize Programs That Help Low-Income Renters

BURLINGTON, Vt., July 15 โ€“ U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders announced today that the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act passed the Senate on Thursday. The legislation provides a much-needed update to federal rental assistance programs, and builds upon the first ever funding of the National Housing Trust Fund earlier this year.  โ€œOur country faces a very real housing crisis, especially for

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Democratic Senators Urge Federal Regulators to Act to Protect Students & Veterans From Fraudulent Institutions Like Trump University

Thursday, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.),ย Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) sent a letter calling on federal agencies to take action to protect students and veterans from potentially fraudulent institutions like Trump University. The senatorsโ€™ letter requests

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Sanders Statement on Opioid Legislation

WASHINGTON, July 13 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday issued the following statement after voting in favor of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act to addresses the nationwide opioid epidemic: โ€œWe must make it easier for people to get the substance abuse treatment they need when they need it. It is wrong that people in crisis in my home

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Sanders Fights to Protect Vermontโ€™s GMO Labeling Law

WASHINGTON, July 7 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday strongly opposed legislation that preempts Vermontโ€™s first-in-the-nation law requiring products made with genetically modified ingredients to be labeled. โ€œThe legislation that passed is an outrage and speaks to the power of big money in American politics,โ€ Sanders said. โ€œThe Grocery Manufacturers Association, Monsanto and other agribusiness spent hundreds of millions

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Sanders Supports Treasury Department Regulations to Prevent Corporate Tax Dodging

WASHINGTON, July 7 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday submitted formal comments to the Department of the Treasury on regulations issued to prevent corporate tax avoidance. The Treasury Department regulations, which were issued on April 4, effectively enforce the existing law that is meant to prevent corporate inversions and a tax dodge known as โ€œearnings stripping,โ€ which allows corporations

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Sanders, Cummings Lead Letter to FDA Condemning AstraZeneca Putting Profits Over People

WASHINGTON, July 7 โ€“ Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, on Thursday sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf urging the agency to approve all eligible applications to produce a generic version of the blockbuster drug for high cholesterol Crestor. โ€œAstraZeneca

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